Radio

"Radio" is a song by Papavertellan duo Sylvan Esso. It will represent Papavertellus on the seventeenth edition of Maia Song Contest.

According to the artist's annotations on the music website Genius, singer Amelia Meath commented that "Lyrically, this is mostly me talking to myself. Hilariously enough this song is on the radio now, but at the time I was feeling an immense amount of pressure to write new songs for What Now even though we were still mid-cycle on our first record. Most of the song is spent accusing myself of trying to become a successful musician when there are so many other important things to be doing other than sucking up to the man, trying to get America to think you are cool. Also — getting on mainstream radio is like trying to join a secret society, particularly if you are female. Stations have literally come back to us saying that they already have ‘a female vocal’ in their playlist. GUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

After 3 weeks of charting, the song finally reached #1 on the Arkaystian Music Charts on 20 April 2018, making it the first international Maia Song Contest entry to reach #1 in Arkaystia in 2018, as well as the first Papavertellan artist to reach the peak since the chart's inception.